Support Worker (permanent)

We are an agency currently looking to recruit a candidate for a specific job role in support work, this will be a permanent vacancy in Harrogate with one of our clients with a challenging service user.

We are looking for a confident support worker, with 6 months experience having passion for delivering outstanding care in a supported living environment and also out in the community.

The Role:

As a Support Worker you will be able to be apart in the person centred care specific to the service user this role requires.

• Supporting with social and physical activities
• Booking and going with people to appointments
• Helping with personal care such as support with showering and dressing if required
• Supporting with meal preparations eating and drinking
• Following a care plan
• Protecting dignity and privacy
• Promoting independence and choice

This Specific role requires that you have the following:

• Experience in supporting people on the Autistic Spectrum
• Experience in supporting people with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia / Personality disorder / Bipolar
• Interest in Marvel/ Star wars/ Alien movies (or be willing to listen to the PWS re the aforementioned subjects)
• Experience in supporting people with Challenging behaviour and associated complex presentation in times of crisis
• Resilience
• Laid back approach
• Some or all of the above would be great and some are more negotiable than others

What we offer:

• Excellent rates of pay
• Ongoing training and development
• The support of an experienced and friendly team
• Pension scheme

We would love to hear from you if you have previously worked as a Support Worker, Care Assistant, Care Giver or Homecare Worker.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £9.00-£13.00 per hour

COVID-19 considerations:
Due to the pandemic, all candidates will be required to do weekly Covid-19 tests adhere to PPE requirements/procedures and follow government guidelines.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £9.00-£12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Referral programme
• Work from home

Day range:

• Monday to Friday

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

Work Location: One location